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Flint flake
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Flint flake

before 3850–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsOverall: 7.1 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm (2 13/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.239
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ClassificationsRaw materials and by-products
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 81, no. 3. [M/81/3]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.